Definition of yahoo

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ya·hoo    (yäh, y-) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. ya·hoos

A crude or brutish person. See Synonyms at boor.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Yahoo, member of a race of brutes in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

OTHER FORMS:
yahoo·ism (Noun)

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